The Amerind Foundation is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

and research facility dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories. Its facilities are located near the village of

Dragoon Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat w ...

Cochise County, Arizona Cochise County () is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is named after the Native American chief Cochise. The population was 125,447 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Bisbee and the most populous city is ...

, about 65 miles east of

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Texas Canyon Texas Canyon is a valley in Cochise County, Arizona, about 20 miles east of Benson on Interstate 10. Lying between the Little Dragoon Mountains to the north and the Dragoon Mountains to the south and known for its giant granite boulders, the cany ...

. William Shirley Fulton (1880–1964), an archaeologist, established the Amerind Foundation in 1937. The Amerind Foundation's building was designed by Tucson architect

Merritt Starkweather Merritt H. Starkweather (1891–1972) was a Tucson, Arizona, architect and civic leader. A native of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, after visiting the Panama-California Exposition (1915), he moved to Tucson and began working in an elegantly simplified Spa ...

and contains one of the finest collections of

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

ethnological Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology). ...

artifacts in the country as well as a sizable research library. According to the Foundation's literature, "Amerind" is a contraction of the words "

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

" and "Indian".

Museum exhibits

The museum's permanent exhibits include archaeological artifacts from the Amerind property by founder William Shirley Fulton and later by director Charles C. Di Peso, as well as items found at Di Peso at

Casas Grandes, Chihuahua Casas Grandes is a town located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat A municipal seat or ''cabecera municipal'' is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a municipality or civ ...

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and other excavations. The objects include weapons, tools, baskets, sandals, cordage of human hair, and cloth. There are ethnographic items from different indigenous peoples ranging from Alaska to South America. Items on display include jewelry, baskets, weapons, cradle boards, religious artifacts, figurative items, ceramics and pottery, and art.

Art Gallery

The Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery features paintings by 20th century

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and Native American artists.

Amerind Foundation published works

* ''Archaeological Notes on

, Arizona'', by William Shirley Fulton. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Vols. 1–3. 1934–1938. New York. (out of print) * ''An Archaeological Site Near

Gleeson, Arizona Gleeson is a ghost town situated in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. The town was first settled as Turquoise in the 1870s in what was then the Arizona Territory, then later re ...

'', by William Shirley Fulton and Carr Tuthill. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 1. 1940. (out of print) * ''A Ceremonial Cave in the

Winchester Mountains Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, at the western end of the South Downs National Park, on the River Itchen. It is south-west of Londo ...

, Arizona'', by William Shirley Fulton. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 2. 1941. (out of print) * Painted Cave in Northeastern Arizona, by Emil W. Haury. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 3. 1945. (out of print) * ''The Tres Alamos Site on the San Pedro River, Southeastern Arizona'', by Carr Tuthill. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 4. 1947. (out of print) * ''The Babocomari Village Site on the

Babocomari River The Babocomari River is a major tributary of the upper San Pedro River (Arizona), San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona. The river begins in the Sonoita Basin near the community of Elgin, Arizona, and flows eastward for approximately before me ...

, Southeastern Arizona'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 5. 1951. (out of print) * ''The

Sobaipuri The Sobaipuri were one of many indigenous groups occupying Sonora and what is now Arizona at the time Europeans first entered the American Southwest. They were a Piman or O'odham group who occupied southern Arizona and northern Sonora (the Pimer� ...

Indians of the Upper San Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 6. 1953. (out of print) * ''The Upper

Pima Pima or PIMA may refer to: People * Pima people, the Akimel O'odham, Indigenous peoples in Arizona (U.S.) and Sonora (Mexico) Places * Pima, Arizona, a town in Graham County * Pima County, Arizona * Pima Canyon, in the Santa Catalina Mountains ...

of San Cayetano del Tumacacori'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 7. 1956. (out of print) * ''The Reeve Ruin of Southeastern Arizona'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 8. 1958. (out of print) * ''

Casas Grandes Casas Grandes (Spanish for ''Great Houses''; also known as Paquimé) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture. Casas Grandes has been design ...

: A Fallen Trading Center of the

Gran Chichimeca La Gran Chichimeca was a term used by the Spanish Empire, Spanish ''conquistadores'' of the 16th century to refer to an area of the northern Mexican Plateau, central Mexican ''altiplano'' (plateau), a territory which today is encompassed by the mode ...

'', by Charles C. Di Peso, John B. Rinaldo, and Gloria J. Fenner. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 9. Vols. 1–8. 1974. (out of print) * ''Exploring the

Hohokam Hohokam () was a culture in the North American Southwest in what is now part of Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico. It existed between 300 and 1500 AD, with cultural precursors possibly as early as 300 BC. Archaeologists disagree about ...

: Prehistoric Desert Peoples of the American Southwest'', edited by George J. Gumerman. University of New Mexico Press. 1991. (out of print) * ''Culture and Contact: Charles C. Di Peso's

'', edited by Anne I. Woosley and John C. Ravesloot. University of New Mexico Press. 1993. (out of print) * '' Mimbres Mogollon

Archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

'', by Anne I. Woosley and Allan J. McIntyre. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 10. University of New Mexico Press. 1996. (out of print) * ''Great Towns and Regional Polities: Cultural Evolution in the U.S. Southwest and Southeast'', edited by Jill E. Neitzel. University of New Mexico Press. 1999. (out of print) * ''Salado'', edited by Jeffrey S. Dean. University of New Mexico Press. 2000. (out of print) * ''Anthropological Perspectives on Technology'', edited by Michael B. Schiffer. University of New Mexico Press. 2001. * ''Embedded Symmetries: Natural and Cultural'', edited by Dorothy K. Washburn. University of New Mexico Press. 2004. * ''Trincheras Sites in Time, Space, and Society'', edited by Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and M. Elisa Villalpando. University of Arizona Press. 2007.

References and External links

Amerind Foundation

National Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Director of the Amerind Foundation from 1954 to 1982.
Anne I. Woosley
Director of the Amerind Foundation, 1984–2001, currently Executive Director Arizona Historical Society.

current Director of the Amerind Foundation, 2001–present. {{authority control Foundations based in the United States Research institutes in Arizona Museums in Cochise County, Arizona Anthropological research institutes Native American history of Arizona Native American museums in Arizona Art museums and galleries in Arizona Archaeological museums in Arizona 1937 establishments in the United States Museums established in 1937

Museum exhibits

Art Gallery

Amerind Foundation published works

See also

References and External links